

| Subject: | Re: leaking vanagon |
| Date: | Wed, 24 Jul 1996 12:18:38 -0500 |
>Greetings! Any Vanagonites (or otherwise) had experience with rainwater
>leaking from behind dash?
>After about 24 hours of driving rain, there were slow drips on both the
>passenger and driver side (91 Vanagon) onto the floormats. I felt around as
>best I could from below: very damp, unable to locate source. windshield seal
>seems intact. Any ideas?
Hello Pat,
I have had a leak in the front of my '86. I had the winshield replaced
and soon after I noticed the same signs that you have. I used a garden hose
to spray large amounts of water at diffrent points on the front of the van.
After each spraying, I checked under the dash. I found that it was the
winshield seal leaking. It was leaking at the lower driver side corner. I
used some silicone sealer to inject sealer up under the rubber seal. Bently
shows that an adhesive bead ( sealer?) should be used around the rubber
seal. I wondered if the installer I used did this. Be sure to check the
grounding points behind the fuse panel. I had headlight problems relating
to a corroded ground. Hope this helps.
Colin A Moran
If you can't dazzle them with brilliance,
baffle them with bull sh*t.
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